Department of Public Works Letter: China's Internet users reached 221 million people the number of the world's first

2009-08-20 19:41:41


China's Internet users reached 221 million people the number of the world's first (IT news with map)

23 journalists from the Ministry of information industry and that, as of February, the number of China's netizens reached 221 million, surpassing the United States the world. At the end of 2007, the figure was 2.1 million.

It is understood that this year, and give full play to the role of the Internet in the same time, it will continue to improve China's Internet development environment. The basis of the Internet to improve security management, the establishment of the Internet development and security management mechanism to combine to address the Internet Backbone Network Interconnection management.

At present, Internet phone (VOIP), "peer-to-peer" network technology (P2P), through the IP broadband network business for transmission of television (IPTV), instant messaging, search engines and other new technologies the emergence of new business, put forward a regulation on the Internet higher demands.

According to statistics, in spite of the growth of China's Internet users made a number of greatly increased Internet penetration, but still below the global average.